The Need for a New Poverty Line in India
(The co-author, Bibek Debroy, passed away on November 1 at the age of 69. This is his last column for NDTV, which he submitted on October 21. His other columns can be found here) The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is a comprehensive tool developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and…